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  The European Bioconductor Conference (EuroBioC2026) will take place on the 
  first week of June in Turku, Finland. EuroBioC2026 will bring together the 
  Bioconductor community to showcase the latest cutting-edge developments on 
  Bioconductor software packages, as well as on broader emerging technologies 
  impacting computational biology.
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The European Bioconductor Conference (EuroBioC2026) will take place on the
**first week of June** in **Turku, Finland**. EuroBioC2026 will bring together
the  Bioconductor community to showcase the latest cutting-edge developments on
Bioconductor software packages, as well as on broader emerging technologies
impacting computational biology.

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```{r}
#| label: timer
#| results: asis
#| echo: false
#| warning: false
#| message: false
source("R/timer.R")
countdown_timer("2026-06-01 09:00:00")
```

**Important dates**
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- ~~**November 24**: Call for abstracts opens~~
- ~~**January 30**: Call for abstracts closes~~
- ~~**January 31**: Sticker design contest closes~~
- ~~**February 13**: Call for abstracts closes (final extended deadline)~~
- **February 20**: Registration opens
- **April 8**: Call for late-breaking poster abstract opens
- <span class="deadline"><strong>May 3:</strong> Call for late-breaking poster abstract closes</span>
- <span class="deadline"><strong>May 3:</strong> Registration closes</span>
- **June 1-2**: Workshop and hackathon
- **June 3-5**: The EuroBioC2026 conference!

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```{r}
#| label: carousel
#| classes: '.g-col-lg-6 .g-col-12 .g-col-md-12'
#| warning: false
#| echo: false
source("R/carousel.R")
carousel(
    "gallery-carousel",
    5555, # flip time in ms
    yaml.load_file("data/carousel.yml")
)
```

# \ \ \ Partnering with

```{r}
#| label: sponsors
#| results: asis
#| echo: false
#| warning: false
#| message: false
source("R/sponsors.R")
render_sponsors_home(
    "data/sponsors.csv",
    ncol = 3
)
```